The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Cutter With Wife in a Distant State
Has a Good Time at Augusta, But
Finally Is Forced to Flee-The New
Boats for the Savannah River Trade
in Process of Construction at Au-
gusta.
GEORGIA.
Grapes are ripening rapidly around
Griffin.
Crop prospects continue very fine in Tai
bot county.
Butts county will vote on the prohibition
question Aug. 1.
The. crops between GAINESVILLE and Latt-
ners Gap look fine.
The fathers and plasterers are at work on
the new hotel at Brunswick.
The corn crop of Dougherty county is
safe Recent rains have insured a good
yield.
The Rome and the Columbus district CON
ferences are in session at Rome and Butler
respectively.
The funds necessary to erect a new build
ing for the Gainesville Baptist church will
soon be raised
In Harris county crop prospects are still
very fiattering. The corn crop is reported
especially good.
Doc. Thompson has bought out the entire
mercantile interest of Hon. Walter I. Nc
Arthur, at Macarthur, Montgomery county.
w. NJ Griffin, of the Twenty dis
trict of Sumter, has four year-old sow that
has Uttered and raised seventy-two pigs in
the last three years.
Two white men named Allen Dickson and
Jesse Fam were drowned Tuesday, at 4
o'clock, in Dead river, about thirty miles
from Hawlinsville.
A city whose store rooms and residences
are rented before they are built can fairly
be said TO be on a substantial boom. That
is the condition of Americas.
The Georgia Marble Company, of Mari
eta, have enjoined the Southern Marble
Company from constructing a railroad over
their land to reach their quarry.
There will be reunion Of the surviving
Confederate soldiers who went to the war
from all of what was originally Campbell
county, at Douglasville on July %.
Saturday will be big day in Harlem.
The Masonic barbecue and the laying of the
cornerstone of the new Academy, with re-
duced rates on the railroad, will attract q
large crowd.
The Athens Board Of Education is inves-
tigating the charge of drunkenness and in
decency against W. II. Davis, one of the
colored teachers, and if they are sustained
he will toe dismissed
John Mcknight Moriwether county
farmer, has dog farm and is doing a good
business with the Northern and Western
fox hunters. He was in Griffin Wednesday
and shipped nine fox hounds North for
which he received a big price
Smith Matthews tcolored) was caught be-
tween two cars while coupling them at the
Central yards in Columbus Wednesday and
was badly mashed DR. Grimes was sum
lint No 1l
not think Matthews injuries are dangerous
H. A Pope. of Leesburg says that the
melon crop of Lee is the largest he ever saw,
and the melons the finest in tho world In
the last three or four weeks they have been
shipped numerously and have already turned
loose about $40, 900 in the county, and the
prices still hold up
Hon. John Madden, of Concord, arrived
in Griffin Wednesday behind the $3.50 horse
OF Col L E; Key, to 60 up to the opening
OF the Legislature. This is probably the
last time Mr.. Madden viii drive across the
country, as the Georgia Midland passenger
trains are now running.
Several gentlemen were sitting in front of
the post Office at DouglaSsville, the other
day, telling tales about cross-eyed people
Tommy Dukes told of one man whose tears
when he cried ran down his back The
crowd dispersed in moment and left
The Georgia Marble Company, of Mari
eta, are putting i'll twenty-six gang saws,
they having already eight in operation
They will use 600 barrels of cement for the
construction of the foundation. This will
give this company the greatest capacity of
any marble works in that section.
c. E. Williams, living about eight miles
from Americas, says he has eight acres of
cotton that is literally covered with bolls
L. 4
bale of cotton by Aug l. The weed is the
finest he ever had, and promises the largest
yield of the staple he has ever seen.
The river bank at Augusta, from McIn-
tosh street down, presents u busy scene
daily-two different forces engaged in boat
building. Already the shape and STYLE of
the first boat for the Augusta company has
become apparent, and now that lumber is
IN plenty, work will move ahead rapidly.
Nj. B. McGinty, a building contractor,
says the present outlook in Athens is better
than it has been since his residence there
He has number of new contracts and is
taking them in every day The demand for
houses In and around Athens is great There
will be much building in Athens this sums
mer.
Robert Gam, long known as reliable
horse and mule trader at Albany, was killed
on his farm in Wilson county Tenn, few
udys aSo' ne WIS uIlVlilg -FOUR horses TO a
ponderous reaping machine, when the horses
became frightened and ran off. Mr.. Gam
was thrown in front of the flying
blade and instantly cut to death.
At Cochran Alderman Nichols struck |.
H. Marchman, bailff, with board or piece
of timber at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, and the blow produced death in four
hours. The circumstances will be investi-
gated by the Coroners jury. The impress
sion prevails that the case is one of involun-
tary manslaughter. Both men stood well.
Rome Courier: We will have a 800 600
hotel, for which ground will soon be broken
Nearly all of this money will be from other
places, the citizens of Rome only having to
raise S25, 900. OF this amount SIS, 900 have
been raised, leaving 81 900 more to be gotten
up now. 1t is reported that the entire
amount Of subscription will be subscribed
and the contracts signed to-day
Commissioner Slaughter has granted
rate of 1c u mile on all roads in Georgia for
the colored firemen's State contest on July
"a at Augusta, and one fare fornon- firemen.
The jackson Hose Company calculates that
there will be 1000 or 5000 colored visitors
in Augusta to witness their contest on July
-. The Mayor has not as yet granted them
the place on Broad street as empowered by
Council at Tuesdays meeting.
few days ago II. G. Bagley, of Ameri-
Gus, received letter from firm proposing